Metallica to Rock Fans With Interactive Tour, Antarctica Concert

Metallica is kicking things into high gear next year. On Monday, the band announced a co-headlining slot with Iron Maiden at Europe’s Sonisphere festival, a roving heavy metal festival that moves from country to country and has featured bands such as SlipKnot, Korn and Megadeth. It will take place during a larger European tour scheduled for next summer that includes performances at Pinkpop and Rock Werchter festivals.

The tour, dubbed “Metallica By Request,” will be interactive, allowing ticket holders to curate the set lists for the shows they’re attending. Here’s how it will work: Once fans have purchased tickets to a certain show, they’ll receive a code and link to a voting site in an e-mail receipt. There, they can cast ballots for which 17 songs they’d like the band to play on that date. Metallica usually plays 18 songs each night and is reserving one slot per show for a new song.

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